Download - CloudCamp Boston - June 2, 2011
The Secret Behind High-Performance Websites: Rock-Solid
DNSCory von WallensteinVP, Product Management@[email protected]
Managed DNS & Email
IaaS(Infrastructure-as-a-Service)
• DNS is names to numberstwitter.com ->
168.143.162.52
• 5+ Million active
users/clients
• 1000+ Enterprise clients
• 250,000+ Zones managed
• 100,000+ Domains
registered
• 17 World-wide datacenters
• Billions of queries per day
• Billions of messages
annually
We Polled the InternetWhat's the secret behind high-performance
websites?
• Content• Easy Search & Navigation• Content Delivery Networks
(CDN’s)• The Idea• Solid CMS• SEO• User Experience (UX)• Redundant data centers• Monitoring and automation
We asked for impulse responses via Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook…Followers delivered:
• Planning, planning, planning• Authentic, genuine• Storage• No downtime• Caching, compression• Power (servers, bandwidth)• Simple/Intuitive design• People, talent• Funding, VC money
E-Commerce Expo Preso w. Incutio – http://bit.ly/haQGvw
Ask and You Shall Receive… Twitter Q&A
• RT @craigpsmith Content RT @DynInc "What's the secret behind high-performance websites?
• RT @iamcarbon @kyork20 http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com• RT @andrewtoland No down time.• RT @Itdoug @kyork20 caching, cdn, file sizes. I've heard dns too, but I'll
leave that to you.• RT @chrisgonyea @kyork20 If I didn't know better, I would think more
power (servers, bandwidth, etc). Of course, there is much more to it than that.
• RT @sandraproulx Keep design simple & intuitive. • RT @Wolfrage @kyork20 Planning, planning, planning?• RT @Kathleenschmidt @kyork20 simple format with easy access to
accurate RELEVANT info. user-focused, usability, interactive, authentic, smart copy, no flash!
The Dynect Platform for Managed DNS
• Managed Rock-Solid DNS• Global IP Anycast network• Active Failover: (disaster
recovery)• Load Balancing: (weighted,
round robin)• Global Routing: (regional
rulesets, real-time)• CDN Control: (costs, testing,
diversity)
Your Infrastructure & Why You Should Pay Attention to DNS
Load balance between your existing infrastructure and the cloud using DNS. We call it Dynect Traffic
Management. We’re Content Agnostic.
+AmazonRackspaceGoGridHerokuAzure
Palo Alto, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY (X2) Dallas, TX London Frankfurt Sydney SignaporeLos Angeles, CA Ashburn, VA Amsterdam (X2) Singapore Tokyo Hong Kong Miami
The Performance Network
Users in Europe go to Amazon EU, users in the Western USA go to GoGrid, users in the Eastern
USA go to …
Performance is King: Use Cases
Special thanks to monitoring partner Catchpoint
• Uptime• Speed• Reliability• Redundancy• Diversity• Control• Monitoring• Automation• Reporting
Users Expect Fast.
twitter.com
• Web 2.0• Rapid growth• Scalability and reliability• Monitor and reduce outages• Unpredictable demands on
infrastructure
128.121.146.100
http://dyn.com/enterprise/case-studies/twitter-case-study
Business of Change.
cnbc.com
• Geographic Traffic Management
• CDN Load Balancing, Cost Control
• Performance-driven; NBCU IT leader http://bit.ly/aI0Ef9
• Flexible, nimble, reactive partner
• Custom Product Development
• DNS experts: credible, stable and long-term partnership
207.46.150.45
CNBC Blog Post from High Scalability http://bit.ly/aI0Ef9
Failures Happen.
37signals.com
• Redundancy, reliability and failover
• Uptime at all times• Virtual company dependent
on web systems• Sole customer interaction is
online• Above average number of
domains• Experts - Support
72.32.62.117
http://dyn.com/enterprise/case-studies/37signals-case-study
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